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Green Bay Packers
More right than wrong for the Packers, and a B to prove it.
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2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 3 steals
· 3 reaches
Of all the ways to open, the Packers chose the head-scratcher, spending slot 135 on Cole Bishop with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots still wide open.
They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The Hadden value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.
Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 16th pick they get a true top target. A clean fit for the roster.
In the 22nd overall pick they get a two-high chess piece at fair value. More want than need.
Good price on Edgerrin Cooper in No. 41, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Patrick Paul at pick 46 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
TreVeyon Henderson in Round 3, Pick 9 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
No edge and no loss on Javion Cohen in slot 109; it is a wash and a sensible one. It fills a real need, too.
A premium they did not need to pay, Jaheim Bell a notch or two before his time. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A want over a need in the Round 4 slot: Cole Bishop adds a safety while edge rusher, quarterback and other spots keeps waiting.
The board had cheaper options than Drake Nugent at pick No. 153, and it noticed. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Nice patience on Kamal Hadden, who had no business lasting to the 187th overall pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They read the board right and Ben Bywater was the payoff at Round 6, Pick 42. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
A tidy bit of business in the Round 6 slot, where Tony Grimes graded well above the range. It does not line up with the team's obvious holes.
Rasheen Ali in pick 230 is fair value, right on his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
